We all know that the Japanese are cooler than we are, but they even have cooler art supplies. When we went to Seattle I found a Japanese bookstore and a cool little Pentel Aquash set that comes in a little case; I’ve had the single color brushpens before, but the set is so much cooler. Even a lazy sketcher like me can have fun with these beasties (click on the images for bigger versions:

Directions while in Seattle:

Sketches on a bus out to Long Island:

For example:

A sketch from during a Dada poetry reading. You better bring some paper to one of thems, hos.

Finished another sketchbook recently. Here’s from the last couple of pages

Miranda July (”odd” “video” “artist”) has an interesting site called Learning to Love You More that has little assignments for people to do to stay creative. Here’s one I did recently (granted, not my best work ever, but you try drawing on a shaky subway first thing in the morning!):

http://learningtoloveyoumore.com/reports/54/hart_david.php

Glenn Ligon talks to Wayne Koestenbaum at PS1

Quick sketch from photos of a jazz concert while waiting for my computer to process the pictures.

This weekend I helped out on old friend on a student film. The story? Two friends, a startling discovery and a difficult choice.

It’s AMAZING what you can learn from the free Spanish newspaper. Apparently, Harry Reid uses mind control to have an Ecuadorian boy do his bidding. Senator Reid states that he only uses this power “to provide mentoring and sage advice” to the boy. When will the American mainstream media get WITH IT?!

Another quick sketch

When else you are going to be expected to sit quietly and scribble?

Ah, the joys of a head cold, Sudafed and a shaky subway

 

Another Corel scrawl

99? Has it been 7 years since I drew this?

Local stationary store goes out of business, and we all get presents because of it. Hurrah for economic downturn?

This is far too easy

Step 1: Patterns

Step 2: Outlined

Step 3: Filled